Wikispaces.com offers a few types of wiki sites:
  1. Free site that includes advertising - go to: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/pricing
  2. If you are a K-12 organization or that is the population you are serving, you can request a free site without advertising - go to: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers - (They have given away 336,997 advertising-free wikis for k-12 education.)
  3. All others must pay . . . $5/month or $50/year will get you a basic wiki without advertising - go to: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/pricing

There are also options for you to create a wiki with your own name as the URL (web address). These are much more expensive: starting at $1000/100 users

Once you click on the link above, you'll get to a screen that has a from for you to fill out. Do that, and you will have your wiki!

On the left-hand side of the page, you will see a link that says "Manage Wiki". Click on this and then choose the various items on that page to create the look and feel of the wiki that you want to create - you can choose 1 of 4 page templates in the free version with almost an infinite variety of colors.

If you have any trouble, watch one of the very helpful videos, read a help file or contact Beth Marchant.